MORE completed quilts!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!! What a roll I've been on!

Here's this one with the binding on!

Here is a flannel ispy quilt! This is for Project Linus also!

And here's a Cars quilt, also for Project Linus. I did some really neat quilting on this one!

I love it!

YAY!!

I have one last Project Linus to finish...It's a really neat, bright colored one. Pics to come soon. I already have it pinned..I just need to quilt and bind it and then I'll be shipping a box off to Nevada!

FINISHED quilts & Process Pledge Post

I finished TWO quilts yesterday!!!
Ragged Squares Quilt:

This quilt is one where the top (wonky) squares are raw edged, laid on top and sewn down. I did a stitch in the ditch throughout the quilts main squares and then did zig-zag quilting around each of the two center squares. I hated this quilt when I started quilting it, but the zig zag really gave it dimension and now I LOVE it!

Here's the backing:

I also finished the baby quilt for Downy Quilts for Kids...this thing was LONG overdue!

Last week I finished the baby quilt for Janice, the girl in my church who is pregnant. Her theme was Classic Pooh. I quilted around each of the scenes in the fabric. The backing is flannel!

Here is a quilt that I am just about done with. I have to go get my red thread from Lisa's house to put the binding on it and then it's done! This one is for Project Linus. I did a ton of quilting on this thing! I love how the quilting around the bear, rainbow and clouds made them all puffed up. :)

Here's the backing...I love scrappy pieced backings!

And here's the binding I am going to use with it:

Lisa and I each purchased this kit on our shop hop!! I am SO excited about this quilt project!!! It's all applique and the fabric is packaged individually for each block! We will work on it as a BOM:

Process Pledge Post!

Here's my latest update:
Here is the first round (the center) I received for the June-December RR. You can see the fabrics that I purchased to add to it.

I felt like with such a busy center it needed some solid borders....so here's what I did:

Here is some SCRUMPTIOUS yarn I found!!

The blue is called Aqua and the other is called "Goldfish"...I LOVE it!

I am crocheting a new pattern with it too!

:)

Here is some fabric - Classic Pooh- that I got to make a baby quilt for a girl at church. I am just going to quilt around each scene. The yellow is the backing and is flannel. Isn't it just darling!

Here are two cuts of fleece I got to make tie blankets for Project Linus in Nevada. Fleece it TOO hot for Florida, but up there it is much cherished!

I finally finished my Cherry Spinners Quilt!!!!!! Yay!!

This is prior to washing, so you may still see some drawn quilt lines. I LOVE this quilt. It was my very first time working with pinwheels of this nature. Some of them are really messed up, but it was so much work at the time that I just LOVE it.

Here's the backing:

I finally broke down and purchased this strip cutter a few weeks ago.

I have to say that I do love it!

Where did July go???????

Wow, it has been a SUPER busy month!
I have not blogged much this month and feel VERY behind! My brain keeps telling me that I have to do my posts in order of what happened...b/c, realistically, this probably just isn't going to happen, I am giving myself the green light to "blob" post about the many things that happened this month...here'goes!
This month entailed:
Super Kids Beach Day - we took the children from our church to the beach...WHAT A BLAST!
Kyle's baptism--wonderful! Lots of friends and family came out for this and we had a great time at the house afterwards!!
VBS!! WOWWWWWWWWWW--that's all I can say! What a week!! Next year I am directing our church's VBS...Pandamonium!! (It's theme is panda bears!)
Wednesday Night Whacky Worship service kicked off this month too...Ronnie and I started a mid week service for the children at our church...God is so good! The kids LOVE it!
The Shop Hop! (Which I've already posted about)
And I am sure there is more, but that is the jist of the month!!

Preparing for August:

Ronnie is currently planning a Back to School Field Day at out church for August 14th...he is going to do tug of war, sack races, water balloon contests, etc. and we are planning on giving away a back-pack filled with school supplies to every child who attends. This is our goal and so far God is opening door after door to make that happen! We are so excited...of course, Ronnie planning it means I am organizing it :)

August 23rd is our date to start school back up this year. Of course...the first day of school is ALWAYS a field trip for us! This will be an intense year of learning for Kyle. He is doing a lot of 4th grade work. We are starting a more traditional History curriculum this year and he will be learning cursive writing! I am thrilled and cannot wait to get back to school with him.....he on the other hand...........lol....he can't believe there's only about 3 weeks left of summer...already!

Fall Ball!!
Kyle has been waiting since LAST October to play baseball! We chose not to sign him up last Spring b/c Spring ball is so intense....we want him to learn in a more laid back atmosphere, which Fall ball is.
So....He starts baseball with the Mount Dora Little League in September! We are all excited and ready for the time that we will be committing to the ball fields. Go Ky!!!

QUILTING................
Another "OH SO IMPORTANT" part of my life! :) (no, never would've guessed, right?)
I should probably dedicate a whole other post to this....yes, that's what I'll do....look for another post soon with my quilting progress and new projects!!!!

Orange Blossom Dash! Shop Hop!

Here are the pictures (FINALLY) from our shop hop!
OK, there were just 4 shops on this shop hop...but they were lots of fun! Two of them I had NEVER been to before!!
Here is Lisa and I in the Quilter's Dream store, in Leesburg, Fl.

Here are the earrings we found there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aren't they ADORABLE!?!

Here is us at the Apopka Store...Material Girl Quilt Shop...one of our favs! The ladies in here are SOOOO sweet!

The quilt in the background is a BOM...It's The Underground Railroad.

Here are our kids playing while we shop!

(They're SO good!)

OK, day two was just me and Lisa!!

First we went to Clermont to a shop neither one of us had been to before!

Clermont Sewing and Quilting

I won their hourly drawing!!

yay!

I have been wanting to do some quilt art since last years shop hop in Nevada where I saw that elk quilt!

So...I took the plunge and purchased my first month of a BOM (or block of the quarter, most likely for me, lol) in a series!

Isn't it wonderful!!! I'll have to cut each little bitty piece anmd applique it on, but it is going to be WONDERFUL!! I will try to remember to ake a picture of the back of the pattern...it has a picture of all the blocks for the whole BOM.

The book you see in the background of that picture is actually a book I won (Lisa won a copy of it too!) and the store owner of the store in Deland is also the author!! So.....she autographed it for me!

Her shop is called The Quilt Shop of Deland. She was SOOOO nice and thoughtful!! Here's a picture of us with our books and the owner, Judy...and we're standing in front of the quilt that the patterns in the books we won makes!

Here's a better pic of the quilt itself!

We did an impromptu class while at t he shop! We learned how to make flowers and yoyos!

What a great time we had! Judy was SOOOOOOOOOOO generous! Look at ALL the goodies she gave out at her shop!

Here were the other three shops patterns that were given away for the shop hop!

 We received one from each store.

Here are a couple of patterns I bought while on the shop hop!

The Christnas tree one is REALLY neat! It's a stack and slash pattern!!

Here's all the stuff I got for free on the shop hop ferom the other three stores!

Here is a fabric I have been wanting since last years shop hop!! I have BIG plans for this!

Here is a new BOM that Lisa and I joined! It's a snowman (or maybe it's overall Christmas themed, I'm not sure) applique one! I think it's called Snow Bound!

Here is the correlating fabric I got...

for the backing of this quilt:

Here's a panel I got! Isn't it ADORABLE!??!

Here's one of the flowers I made!!

Here's Judy! She's awesome!

Here's a pic of her shop! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO inspiring!

Lisa won the basket from this shop!!!!! Here's all the goodies that were in it! She's splitting the WHOLE thing with me!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHOOOOOOO that was a LONG blog post! I have more pics, but I'll post them at another time!